Before I get flamed and down-voted because I didn't do a super search, let me say that I did find a lot of nodes already pertaining to this topic. But I think my situation is a bit different, so let me explain.

Several months ago, I stumbled upon a module that was used in a script that my friend was working on. I, of course, found quite a bit of use for the module, so I started using it recently in a script of my own. I've found a few bugs in the module, and I will likely be patching my copy of the module. I would like to submit it to the maintainer, but the maintainer's address is now not working. So I jumped on CPAN to see if I could find the module and find out a more current e-mail address. No luck. The module doesn't exist on CPAN.

I've considered submitting the module to CPAN complete with the patch. But I don't want to assume the role of maintainer for this module. I am, after all, not a veteran perl coder, and I have very little experience writing modules. But I honestly don't know what to do. Does anyone have some advice for me?

--Coplan

In reply to Orphan Module not on CPAN by Coplan

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